Talk:Rugby union at the Summer Olympics

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Contents 1 POV 2 1928 request? 3 Recent changes/future 4 Australasia 5 Automated suggestings from peer review

[edit] POV

Some of the wording, esp. about minor nations is very POV. --Hamedog^Talk|@ 12:25, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Grammatically, this article is a mess. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.225.164.137 (talk • contribs) 01:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

It has been months and there has been no development of the POV thread, as I do not think that anything said about the minor nations could be said to be anything other than a NPOV, I have removed the POV template. --Philip Baird Shearer 13:59, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I just did a really big rewrite of th article (except for future). Will do more soon. Cvene64 15:56, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1928 request?

"In 1928 the IOC officially turned down a request to stage rugby union at the games in Amsterdam." -- is there a source for this? From the 1928 Official Report, I know that rugby has been _considered_ as a demonstration sport, but I don't think that is what is referred to here. Jeronimo 18:21, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I think there are a few internet sites that wrote that, would they be appropriate? Cvene64 10:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent changes/future

Thanks very much for helping out with the article Jeronimo. I was wondering if you had anyother knowledge/info/anything on the requests from Italy/Soviet Union/Korea? Someone complained about the lack of detail of who/why/how it was not accepted, in addition who/why/how campaigned for it? Also, oe of your book references didnt work (the template at the bottom..). Also if you anymore advice/comments it would be very much appreciated. Thanks again. Cvene64 10:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

This is a fair place to start from.GordyB 21:32, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Australasia

Mentioned in the peer review.

To the best of my knowledge 'Australasia' were represented by the Wallabies team, similar to how 'Great Britain' one year were in fact Moseley club team and on another occasion the Cornwall county team. This is why some sources say 'Australia' and others 'Australasia'.GordyB 20:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. The team "Australasia" was represented by the Australian national team, which played "Great Britain" - otherwise known as the Cornwall county team, which had just won the English championship. Moseley ("Great Britain"), Frankfurt ("Germany"), and France played in 1900. -- Jonel | Speak 23:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Automated suggestings from peer review

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